Ladies and gentlemen, thank you portending, and please enjoy the rest of your day for attending, and please enjoy the rest of your day. You can watch the memorial day ceremonies, including the wreath laying at the tomb of the unknown from here at Arlington National cemetery this afternoon right here on cspan. Some of theing memorials around the National Mall in washington dc. This is part of the Vietnam Veterans memorial. The three soldiers statue. It also includes the Vietnam Womens Memorial and the be a nonveterans memorial wall. Of more thanmes 58,000 americans who lost their lives in service to their country. It gets about 3 million visitors a year, and there are also moving walls which are replicas, half the size of the wall here in washington, which are transported to sites around the country. We will take a look at some of the people gathered on this memorial day holiday. Taking a look at the Vietnam Veterans wall getting ready for an event taking place here. Later today on cspa
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Office says a deal was reached with Vladimir Putin but a minute later a senior putin spokesman rejected that claim and there was doubt expressed any ceasefire would hold. President obama made clear any hope of peace lies with the russians. If, in fact, russia is prepared to stop financing, arming, training and in many cases joining with Russian Troops activities in ukraine and is serious about a political settlement, that is something we all hope for. Because we have breaking news, lets unpack one crisis at a time. You can see we have a full field of coverage here. Let us introduce them to you, john avlon, the cnn political analyst and editorinchief of daily beast. Major general james spider sparks, cnn analyst and u. S. Army retired and new executive dean of the university of phoenix, mr. Bobby ghosh and an anna coren and reza sayah. U. S. Troops, more of them, headed into iraq. The president has authorized the deployment of 350 additional sets of boots on the ground. The white house
Kim jongun personally supervising the launch of a Ballistic Missile from a submarine. The move sparking new anxiety coming on the heels of a series of defiant nuclear tests. Is north korea now capable of a Nuclear Strike on the United States . And purple pain. New details of princes last days and questions about whether he was in excruciating pain and possibly taking prescription drugs that may have been involved in his death. Tonight, new details of his Emergency Landing and trip to the hospital just days before he died. What caused his medical emergency. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Dramatic news twists in the wildly unpredictable republican race for the white house. Just ahead, five key primaries tomorrow. John kasich and ted cruz joining forces to keep frontrunner donald trump from getting the number of delegates he needs to secure the gop nomination. Their plan, divide their efforts in upcoming primary elections with cruz focusing in on indiana and kasich on orego
Im christine romans. Im john berman. This morning, ted cruz and john kasich aimed at stopping donald trump could be falling apart before it gets started. In hours, voters head to the polls in five Eastern States. Donald trump is expected to sweep the tuesday super primary. That leaves the next huge Battle Ground one week from today. Ted cruz is boasting about john kasich pulling out of the state to give kasich a clear path in new mexico and oregon. This is all to clinch the nomination on the first ballot. John kasich has been pouring cold water on the plan. He is in indiana today for a fundraiser and he is telling indiana voters if they want to vote for him, they should. For those supporters of john kasich here or home, there may be issues on which we disagree, but more unites us. I dont see this as a big deal. Other than the fact im not spending resources in indiana and hes not spending them in other places . So what . Im not over there campaigning. We have limited resources. Mines li